Hi All,I’m in the process of putting together the first-ever (as far as I can tell) database of quiz bowl leagues. Note: a league by this definition is not just a single tournament, nor is it a TV show where if you lose one match you're out (though if certain matches of the league are televised, that's fine). If you are familiar with a league of any sort, no matter where it runs, what question provider it uses, no matter how horrific any of its regulations, please post the following information in this thread: -Name of League-State(s) Served-Area or School the league is based in-Geographic Restrictions? (i.e. is the league limited to teams from a certain state, county, etc.?)-Question Provider-Game Format-Competition Season (include dates if known, or just say something like “Monday afternoons, November – March”)-League Website (if one exists)-Contact Person (ideally, this should be the person who coordinates the league)-Contact Person email (or phone # or position if email unavailable)-Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 seasonN.B.: Please highlight the name of the league in bold at the top of your post so that others can easily recognize if information on a particular league has been posted or not! I have posted information on a league below as an example. I have come to realize over the past year that there are probably over 100 leagues around the country, but often these leagues are isolated in terms of their interaction with the wider quiz bowl community. We need to reach out to them in order to encourage the spread of not only good quiz bowl, but also things like the existence of ACE Camps, National Championships, the full spectrum of question providers, and tournaments outside their league structure. Also, this way prospective teams can learn about leagues they might be able to join. The information posted below will be combined with my own research in a database that will be online by the end of July at a site to be revealed when ready. One last minor point, if you know the email address of the contact person, please include it, but do it in the form: firstpartofemail at secondpartofemail so as to avoid spam. If you don’t think the contact person would want their email posted, then don’t post it, but then do post their position (e.g. Basque Language teacher at Walla Walla High School, Walla Walla, WA) so I can reach out to them. Thanks!

David MaddenRidgewood (NJ) '99, Princeton '03Founder and Director: International History Bee and Bowl, National History Bee and Bowl, International History Olympiad, United States Geography Olympiad, National Sports and Entertainment History BeeAssociate Quiz Bowl Coach, Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ; NY State Masterminds Reader; Lecturer in Geography and Ancient and European Military History, ACE Quiz Bowl Camps. Team USA coach & adviser for International Geography Olympiad

Name of League: MastermindsStates Served: New YorkArea or School the league is based in: Upstate New York, roughly from Albany – Buffalo, also Upper Hudson Valley, Southern Tier regionGeographic Restrictions?: New York schools onlyQuestion Provider: NAQT (A sets)Game Format: Timed NAQTCompetition Season: October – JuneLeague Website (if one exists): http://www2.monroe2boces.org/masterminds/Contact Person: Scott KronerContact Person Email or Position: mminds at rochester dot rr dot comDeadline for Registration for 2011-2012 Season: late September / early October

David MaddenRidgewood (NJ) '99, Princeton '03Founder and Director: International History Bee and Bowl, National History Bee and Bowl, International History Olympiad, United States Geography Olympiad, National Sports and Entertainment History BeeAssociate Quiz Bowl Coach, Ridgewood High School, Ridgewood, NJ; NY State Masterminds Reader; Lecturer in Geography and Ancient and European Military History, ACE Quiz Bowl Camps. Team USA coach & adviser for International Geography Olympiad

Greater Miami ConferenceState(s): OhioArea: Northern Greater CincinnatiGeographic Restrictions?: Tied to the Greater Miami Conference athletic league, so entry and exit from the quizbowl league is only by entry and exit from the athletic league; all schools in the athletic league participate in quizbowl.Question Provider: unknown, but it's probably one of the standard providers of bad OAC questions.Game Format: OAC (Ohio Academic Competition)Competition Season: Wednesday afternoons from December to February, with a league tournament on a Saturday in FebruaryLeague Website: http://gmcsports.com/confStandings.aspx?satc=153 - this website, which posts results from matches in the conference, is the closest thing to a league website. Contact Person: unfortunately, I have no idea; my quizbowl coach at my old high school, Ken Clark, is the best I have. Contact Person email: for the above-mentioned Ken Clark - clarkk at sycamoreschools dot orgDeadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season: N/A, owing to it being tied to an athletic league

Mahoning County Quizbowl LeagueState: OhioArea: Mahoning and Columbiana countiesGeographic restrictions: A school must receive services from the Mahoning County Educational Service Center (ESC) in order to be eligible to play in the league. Exceptions are made for Youngstown City Schools.Question provider: NAQTGame format: 24/24 NAQT, untimed, ties stand in League play; standard untimed NAQT in tournament playCompetition season: Wednesdays after school from first Wednesday in January until last Wednesday in February/first Wednesday in March depending on snow days. End of season county tournament is scheduled around state speech/debate tournament and regional band/choir competition, typically second Saturday in March.League website: results.scobo.net/BossickContact Person: John Kuzma, Mahoning County ESCContact Person email: J dot Kuzma at MahoningESC dot comDeadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season: At the discretion of the ESC, but currently the league has 16 teams and will not accept a single new member for scheduling purposes; 2 teams would have to come in at the same time.

Regional Quiz Bowl (RQB)State(s): New YorkArea: Long IslandGeographic Restrictions?: I believe it's only Nassau and Suffolk county schools.Question Provider: Academic Hallmarks.Game Format: 4 QuartersCompetition Season: Wednesday afternoons from November to March once a month, with a league tournament on a Wednesday in AprilLeague Website: http://regionalquizbowl.org/Contact Person: No idea, they never got back to me when I sent an e-mail to the contact e-mail.Contact Person email: regionalqb@optonline.netDeadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season: Not posted yet, last year's was October 15

-Name of League: Mountain Academic Competition Conference (MACC) and SouthWest Academic Conference (SWAC)-State(s) Served: Virginia-Area or School the league is based in: Southwest Virginia, west of the Roanoke Valley-Geographic Restrictions?: None known-Question Provider: Unknown-Game Format: 10 directed questions to each team, followed by 10 tossups. Each match consists of four subject-area games (english, math, science, social studies), and a final "all-around" game. Each of the four subject-area games is played by a unique 4-person team; they may also play in the all-around match.-Competition Season: Mon/Thurs evenings, January to March-League Website: http://moodle.wythe.k12.va.us/course/view.php?id=12-Contact Person: George Reasor, Commissioner-Contact Person email: greasor AT wythek12 DOT org, 276-686-9030 ext 105-Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season: Unknown

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Name of League: South Central Kentucky Academic ConferenceStates Served: KentuckyArea or School the league is based in: South Central Kentucky in the area around Bowling GreenGeographic Restrictions?: Being in the Bowling Green/South Central Kentucky areaQuestion Provider: It's usually short quick recall questions, although I think they're changing providers this year.Game Format: Kentucky Quick RecallCompetition Season: September-NovemberLeague Website (if one exists): http://www.sckac.comContact Person: Marla LeeContact Person Email or Position: marla dot lee at warren dot kyschools dot us

Minnesota High School Quizbowl League (MNHSQB)-State(s) Served - Minnesota-Area or School the league is based in - Twin Cities-Geographic Restrictions? Nominally none-Question Provider - Currently NAQT-Game Format - 3 phases including short tossups, tossup/bonus, and lightning rounds-Competition Season - Thursday evenings November-February-League Website - http://www.naqt.com/mqba/league/2010/announcement.html (this covers the 2010-2011 season)-Contact Person - R. Hentzel-Contact Person email - Robert dot Hentzel at naqt dot com-Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season - entries are accepted right up to the first night of competition

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-Name of League: Chester County Academic Competition-State(s) Served: Pennsylvania-Area or School the league is based in: Chester County, PA-Geographic Restrictions?: Limited to teams from Chester County, PA-Question Provider: Some low-quality question provider.-Game Format: 3 teams playing at once. Each team has 4 players playing at once but must use 6 total players over the course of the three rounds. Each round has 11 (speed) tossup questions, followed by a timed directed round of 6 questions for each team. -Competition Season: Mornings and afternoons on schooldays, October to January. Finals are in February and March.-League Website: http://www.cciu.org/2225104279342433/bl ... NodeID=178-Contact Person: Jennifer Fraim-Contact Person email: Jenniferf@cciu.org or 484-237-5053-Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season: Unknown

Oxford Fall Quizbowl League-County (or counties) Served: Oxfordshire-Area or School the league is based in: University of Oxford-Geographic Restrictions: None.-Question Provider: University of Oxford-Game Format: 24/24 tossup/bonus, untimed, with powers-Competition Season: ongoing throughout the fall (schools play one game a week, culminating in semifinals and finals in November or December)-League Website: None (yet)-Contact Person: Kyle Haddad-Fonda-Registration Deadline: September or so

Pretty exciting stuff, huh? This looks almost certain to happen now, which is awesome.

Name of League: Limestone Academic LeagueStates Served: KentuckyArea or School the league is based in:Northeastern Kentucky from the Ohio River in the north to I-64 on the south end.Geographic Restrictions?: ????Question Provider: KAACGame Format: Kentucky Governor's CupCompetition Season: Fall (September to Thanksgiving)League Website (if one exists):https://sites.google.com/site/limestoneacademics/Contact Person: Bradley PersingerContact Person Email or Position: bkpersinger@gmail.comDeadline for Registration for 2011-2012 Season: August 2011

Mid-State Academic League-State(s) Served: Ohio-Area or School the league is based in: Fisher Catholic/ all members belong to the athletic league we play in (not every member of the athletic league participates in this academic league), the Mid-State League. This league is located to the south and east of Columbus, and member schools are located in Fairfield, Licking and Pickaway Counties, all contiguous to Franklin County. -Geographic Restrictions?: Have to be a Mid-State League member school for athletics, and would have to be in either of the aforementioned counties (If I'm correct, I don't know for certain but I would imagine for the sake of logistics and scheduling).-Question Provider: Unknown-Game Format: Team directed questions/timed rounds-Competition Season: Wednesday afternoons (some afternoons are incorporated as makeup days for inclement weather) from mid January to mid March-League Website: N/A-Contact Person: Lynn Stevenson-Contact Person info: Lynn Stevenson, English and Social Studies department at Fisher Catholic High School-Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season: I don't know of one.

-Name of League：Academic League-State(s) Served: California -Area or School the league is based in: San Diego-Geographic Restrictions? (i.e. is the league limited to teams from a certain state, county, etc.?): San Diego County-Question Provider: Has coaches write questions, questions recycled-Game Format: One line tossups, short bonuses (3 to 5 parts), timed rounds-Competition Season (include dates if known, or just say something like “Monday afternoons, November – March”): February-April, Thursday nights-League Website (if one exists): http://www.sdcoe.net/al/ （not updated very often）-Contact Person (ideally, this should be the person who coordinates the league): Richard Harrison -Contact Person email (or phone # or position if email unavailable)rahar@sdcoe.net -Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season: No idea sorry

Name of League: Mid-Missouri ConferenceStates Served: MissouriArea or School the league is based in: Boone and Callaway Counties [members are South Callaway, Hallsville, Harrisburg and Southern Boone County schools]Geographic Restrictions?: must be a member of the MMC, of which this is the last year before the conference dissolvesQuestion Provider: Each school purchases their own questions for the matches they host. Questions Galore has been a popular choice lately.Game Format: standard MSHSAA format (15/10/15/10 tossups with qtrs 2 and 4 having attached 2-part bonuses)Competition Season: December-March, culminating in a conference tournament held in MSHSAA-style (drawn seeded morning play with single-elim afternoon)League Website (if one exists): none that I know ofContact Person: Scott AllenContact Person Email or Position: sallen@hallsville.orgDeadline for Registration for 2011-2012 Season: conference activities are already set up as far as I know

Jonah already contacted David using a better format, but in case anybody for whatever reason is interested in Illinois conferences and does not read the Illinois section of this website, a list is here.

David Reinstein, IHSSBCA Chair (2004-2014)New Trier Coach (1994-2011); Head Writer and Editor for Scobol Solo and Masonics (Illinois); Writer for NAQT; co-TD for New Trier Scobol Solo and New Trier Varsity; PACE Member; former writer for CMST; former editor for IHSA

Name of League: Four Rivers ConferenceStates Served: MissouriArea or School the league is based in: Franklin and another county (maybe St James)Geographic Restrictions?: I honestly have no idea. Question Provider: MSHSAA Provider, I believe. Game Format: standard MSHSAA format (15/10/15/10 tossups with qtrs 2 and 4 having attached 2-part bonuses)Competition Season: The only one I know of was a Conference Tournament that was held in March. A round-robin where every team played each other.League Website (if one exists): none that I know ofContact Person: Randy MeyerContact Person Email or Position: rmeyer@mvr3.k12.mo.us (He also happens to be the quiz bowl coach at Pacific High)Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 Season: conference activities are already set up as far as I know

-Name of League: Southwestern Conference (SWC)-State(s) Served: Ohio-Area or School the league is based in: western Cuyahoga, Lorain Counties-Geographic Restrictions? (i.e. is the league limited to teams from a certain state, county, etc.?): unknown-Question Provider: some sort of OAC question provider.-Game Format: OAC-Competition Season (include dates if known, or just say something like “Monday afternoons, November – March”): Fall and Spring league tournaments?-League Website (if one exists): ?-Contact Person (ideally, this should be the person who coordinates the league): ?-Contact Person email (or phone # or position if email unavailable): ?-Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season: ?

Some digging around based on my roommate last year saying he captained a quiz bowl team got me the following:Name of League: Shoreline High School BowlStates Served: ConnecticutArea or School the league is based in: Southern ConnecticutGeographic Restrictions?: Presumably it's just schools from the areaQuestion Provider: Unknown, although a 1994 article mentions that the teams themselves would write the questions, and since byes are involved this is a possibilityGame Format: Unknown, but consider the fact that a game in which a team got "destroyed" was 165-10Competition Season: October – MayLeague Website (if one exists): UnknownContact Person: Unknown, but very likely someone at Haddam-Killingworth since the finals are held thereContact Person Email or Position: UnknownDeadline for Registration for 2011-2012 Season: UnknownThe schools involved: Coginchaug, Haddam-Killingworth, Nathan Hale-Ray, Lyme-Old Lyme, Morgan, North Branford, Old Saybrook (the only one with NAQT experience), Valley Regional (Deep River), Westbrook

-Name of League--Southwest Conference-State(s) Served--Ohio-Area or School the league is based in--Lorain and Cuyahoga Counties-Geographic Restrictions? (i.e. is the league limited to teams from a certain state, county, etc.?) aligns with the athletic conference-Question Provider--2011-12--Bob Kilner-Game Format--OAC-Competition Season (include dates if known, or just say something like “Monday afternoons, November – March”)--Dual matches on Tuesday's after school in January and February, league tournament usually the first Saturday in March.-League Website (if one exists)--none-Contact Person (ideally, this should be the person who coordinates the league)--the coordinator of the league rotates between member schools each year alphabetically. 2011-12 the league coordinator is Avon Lake High School (2012-13, it will be Berea High School, etc.)-Contact Person email (or phone # or position if email unavailable) Patty Frank, coach, Avon Lake High School-Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season -- this is a closed league, it doesn't accept outside members.Member schools: Amherst, Avon Lake, Berea, Brecksville-Broadview Heights, Midpark, North Olmsted, Olmsted Falls, Westlake

-Name of League--Northeast Ohio Academic League-State(s) Served--Ohio-Area or School the league is based in--Northeast Ohio-Geographic Restrictions? (i.e. is the league limited to teams from a certain state, county, etc.?) Northeast Ohio-Question Provider--2011-12 -- Bob Kilner-Game Format -- OAC-Competition Season (include dates if known, or just say something like “Monday afternoons, November – March”) Fall League takes place after school on two Tuesday's--one in November and one in December. Spring Tournament is held on one day in February at Baldwin Wallace College (Berea, OH)-League Website (if one exists)--none-Contact Person (ideally, this should be the person who coordinates the league) Dave Stebbins, Twinsburg High School-Contact Person email (or phone # or position if email unavailable)-- Dave Stebbins, teacher, Twinsburg High School-Deadline for Registration for 2011-2012 season--I believe this is a closed league. It has 8 members and there must be an opening for another school to join.Schools that are members: Bay, Columbia, Fairview, Garfield Heights, Highland, Lutheran West, Olmsted Falls, Twinsburg